The pool sketch and painting side by side are so different! The things that work for me in the sketch are not present in the painting, and then vice versa. There is something airy about the pool sketch that instead reads humid and stifling in the pool painting, yet the figures are at peace and joyful. The juxtaposition of joy in the figures while confined together certainly does feel like an important postwar theme in the UK, just like these images of the underground stations. Thanks Bill, always so interested in your posts!
Yes, he does wrestle with the medium. I like his process of "Everyday I think "Today I might teach myself to draw. If you love a picture, you can learn how to draw from it." Thank you for showing me how to appreciate Kossoff's work, because I didn't particularly like it at first glance.
Pretty amazing pictures. At first it's like a jumble of things. You have to look again to figure it all out. Pretty frenetic and dark too.💖🌹
The pool sketch and painting side by side are so different! The things that work for me in the sketch are not present in the painting, and then vice versa. There is something airy about the pool sketch that instead reads humid and stifling in the pool painting, yet the figures are at peace and joyful. The juxtaposition of joy in the figures while confined together certainly does feel like an important postwar theme in the UK, just like these images of the underground stations. Thanks Bill, always so interested in your posts!
Yes, he does wrestle with the medium. I like his process of "Everyday I think "Today I might teach myself to draw. If you love a picture, you can learn how to draw from it." Thank you for showing me how to appreciate Kossoff's work, because I didn't particularly like it at first glance.
Thanks Susan. His work can be challenging...not your typical plein-air.